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    Rabindranath's Prayer

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    brings to world’s attention the state into which his great nation has been fell into by the mighty British Empire. He does this without offending anyone and as is expected from an England- educated noble genius. As an aftermath of the second world war and due to the severeness of the Indian Independence Movement‚ the British however were forced to leave India during 1947. But 6 years earlier‚ Tagore had died without seeing a free India. In the present times‚ this poem serves a dual purpose. It unveils

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    Mathematical Prayer

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    Mathematical Prayer Lord‚ enlighten me with life’s absolute value and your spirit’s infinite grace. May you eliminate my negative traits and help me think in a positive way. Teach me how to do my works in equal proportion and help me see the world in different angles. Add the beauty of life within me and subtract all of my sins by your mercy you have shed on me. Multiply the seed of your righteousness in and through me‚ so that I may rightly divide the word of truth and present myself

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    Satire in Huck Finn

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    anything more than just an adventure. However‚ Mark Twain uses his novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ to explore and poke fun of many problems facing American society. Huck‚ the main character‚ is considered an uneducated boy who is constantly under pressure to conform to the civilized aspects of society. Jim‚ who accompanies Huck‚ is a runaway slave seeking freedom from the world that has denied it to him for so long. In his novel‚ Twain uses satire to demonstrate many of civilizations problems

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    Mark Twain Satire Essay #5 In Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” he uses satire to exaggerate different topics throughout the story. In exaggerating these topics he hopes to expose flaws and give a better understanding of the surrounding culture in the story. Satire is used by Twain through the whole story and makes the story come to life in ways other books don’t. In the story Twain pokes at different aspects of the southern civilization and uses satire to both criticize and make

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    Prayer and Rosa

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    Preface: This novella is intended for teenagers to illustrate the you must never lose sight of who you are and to seek God in everything you do. As humans we have the ability to influence each other and we should use this power to do good instead of bad. Rosa’s friend use this power to lead her to against her ethical and moral values which is what people in society‚ the media and other sources are trying to do. But‚ we should be more like Rosa and realize that it is wrong and help them see it too

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    Huckleberry Finn Satire

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    Satire is the use of humor‚ irony‚ or exaggeration to reveal or ridicule human vices. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain uses a variety of satire to call out human ignorance. He uses his main character a 14-year boy from before the Civil War as his catalyst to show a child’s innocence in a twisted society. When Huckleberry Finn fakes his death and runs away from his alcoholic father to Jackson Island‚ where Finn finds Jim a previous slave to his adopters that tried to civilize Finn

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    Satire

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    Mike Braspenninckx Mrs. Anderson English 11A Date 10/2/12 Beowulf Beowulf was considered one of the greatest hero’s to ever live he was considered to be a god with his super strength and his abilities to do anything that one man would die for. But others would like to think otherwise about all of that. Some would like to underestimate him and his “godlike powers” Some people thought that Beowulf was a god because of his strength in the tale of Beowulf they say “clutched Beowulf with his claws

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    Advice to Youth Satire

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    Andy Diaz “Advice to Youth” The Object of Mark Twain’s article is to point out that the youths of our society are being told to become just like everyone else and that discourages their individuality. He uses sarcasm‚ so that he can assume the role of an elder in society‚ the kind of people he attacks‚ which instructs younger people how to act. Mark Twain does an exemplary job in copying exactly the types of teachings for youth that have been passed down through the ages. The idea of respecting

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    Leyba 1  Melissa Leyba  Mrs. Shreiner  AP Language and Composition  January 23‚ 2015  “A Presidential Candidate” by Mark Twain  Rhetorical Analysis Essay    Writer‚ Mark Twain‚ in his essay‚ “A Presidential Candidate‚” critiques the characteristics  of  political candidates by creating a persona which embodies a characteristic not common among  such  candidates­  honesty.  Twain’s  purpose  in  doing  so  is  to  exploit  politicians  as  cowardly‚  illogical‚ and inhumane people. He adopts a

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    Satire in Huck Finn

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    In Mark Twains novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the Grangerfords and Pap are the two characters who are used by Twain to condemn the civilized society. Twain tries to express his feeling that civilized society isn’t always the prettier thing. Twain uses the technique of satirizing civilized society. Examples of ways he uses satirizing throughout the story are though exaggeration‚ stereotyping‚ and irony. Twain’s use of satire exposes the Grangerfords as the typical southern

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